Month: February 2015

In celebration of the English Early Books Online’s (EEBO) release of 25,000 texts to the public, the Bodleian Libraries are hosting a hackfest, which will be held on 9 March 2015 in the Lecture Theatre and Blackwell Hall of the Weston Library. Anyone interested in generating a project that incorporates technology, history, and literature…

The New York Times has featured eighteenth-century scholars Devoney Looser, professor of English at Arizona State University and also an ABO editorial board member, and Ruth Knezevich, doctoral candidate in English at the University of Missouri, in “Pride, Prejudice, Prostitutes and Pickles: Scholars Unearth Two Letters Relating to Jane Austen” by Jennifer Schuessler (10 February 2015) for…

“People want to know everything, and they invent when they cannot guess the truth.”–Casanova, Histoire de ma vie [pullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“I have loved women even to madness, but I have always loved liberty better.”[/pullquote] The womanizer of all womanizers Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725-1798) enjoyed life as he states in his memoir: “I…

In a recent quest to find out more about Jane Austen, I stumbled upon a wonderfully informative blog called Jane Austen’s World created by Vic Sanborn, a self-described lifetime member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. Sanborn’s site captivated my attention for hours through her informative posts about Jane Austen, her novels, and…

Jane Austen quizzes have invaded the internet. Countless websites and blogs now advertise Austen quizzes that can provide a score for the participants’ Austen knowledge (“So you think you know Jane Austen?”) or even match specific personality traits of participants to one of Austen’s famous heroines (“Which Jane Austen Heroine are You?”). Lists such as…

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Announcements

Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? Writing about the 18th century? Share your work with us! We’d like to feature 18th-century-themed original fiction for the month of November. Submit a synopsis of your work and a 750-1000 word excerpt to lstuart@gardner-webb.edu. Your novel could be featured in a special NaNoWriMo post.

Editor’s Notes

When I first volunteered to work with our parent journal, ABO (which was then stillAphra Behn Online), I had a smattering of web design experience and the belief that the academy was ready to stretch beyond the paperbound paradigm that defined the best scholarship. I was lucky enough to work with two talented and passionate…